Flames win 6-2 over Panthers in Matthew Tkachuk’s 1st game back in Calgary – Calgary | 24CA News
Dillon Dube scored short-handed and had two assists for the Calgary Flames in a 6-2 win over the visiting Florida Panthers on Tuesday.
Rasmus Andersson, Jonathan Huberdeau, Tyler Toffoli and Andrew Mangiapane every had a aim and an help, and Brett Ritchie additionally scored for the Flames (10-9-3), who improved to 5-4-1 of their final 10 video games.
Calgary goaltender Dan Vladar made 30 saves for the win.
Nick Cousins and Sam Reinhart countered for the Panthers (10-9-4), who dropped to 3-4-3 of their final 10. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 17-of-23 pictures within the loss.
Tuesday’s sport marked the return of Matthew Tkachuk, a Calgary Flame for his first six NHL seasons, to the Saddledome after his summer season commerce to the Florida Panthers.
Florida Panthers ahead Matthew Tkachuk, left, has his shot grabbed by Calgary Flames goalie Dan Vladar throughout first interval NHL hockey motion in Calgary, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022.
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Tkachuk, 24, was a restricted free agent who advised the Flames he wouldn’t signal long-term with the staff.
He was booed Tuesday every time he touched the puck, however the winger additionally acquired a partial standing ovation throughout a video tribute to him early within the first interval.
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The Flames acquired Huberdeau, defenceman MacKenzie Weegar, prospect Cole Schwindt and a conditional draft choose from Florida for Tkachuk.
After scoring three unanswered targets within the opening interval, the host Flames led 4-2 heading into the third.
Mangiapane and Dube mixed on a second aim on an odd-man rush with Mangiapane ending it at 18:54.
Bobrovsky stopped Huberdeau on a breakaway with slightly below 5 minutes to play, however Huberdeau collected the unfastened puck to feed Toffoli for a one-time blast from the hash marks at 15:22.
Both goalies gave up smooth targets within the second interval. Reinhart’s low shot off the push from the highest of the faceoff circle beat Vladar’s outstretched glove at 16:55.
Ritchie’s sharp-angled shot on a rebound tied up an out-of-position Bobrovsky at 15:29.
Trailing 3-0, the Panthers struck early within the second when Cousins redirected Gustav Forsling’s cross at 9:54.
Andersson scored Calgary’s third aim at 13:03 of the opening interval. When Bobrovsky gave up an extended rebound, the Flames defenceman acquired inside place on Florida’s Aleksi Heponiemi to get a shot away.
Huberdeau acquired on his stick on a rebound throughout a goal-mouth scramble. The puck deflected off legs and sticks and located its manner into the web for a power-play aim at 9:21.
Dube’s backhand redirect beat Bobrovsky on a two-on-one with Mangiapane for the short-handed aim at 3:05.
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